Phase 2
N=153
A Study of TAK-062 in Treatment of Active Celiac Disease in Participants Attempting a Gluten-Free Diet
Celiac Disease
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05353985 ↗Enrolled (actual)
153
Serious AEs
3.3%
Results posted
Aug 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Change in Weekly Celiac Disease Symptom Diary (CDSD) Gastrointestinal (GI) Symptom Severity Score From Baseline to Week 12 — -0.128; -0.111 score on a scale — p==0.847
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Interventions
- TAK-062 (Drug); Simulated Inadvertent Gluten Exposure (SIGE) Gluten-Bar (Dietary_supplement); TAK-062 Placebo (Drug); Simulated Inadvertent Gluten Exposure (SIGE) Gluten-free Bar (Dietary_supplement)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult · 12+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Takeda
- Primary completion
- Nov 2024
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Change in Weekly Celiac Disease Symptom Diary (CDSD) Gastrointestinal (GI) Symptom Severity Score From Baseline to Week 12 |
-0.128; -0.111 | =0.847 |
| SECONDARY Change in Villous Height to Crypt Depth Ratio (Vh:Cd) From Baseline to Week 24 |
-0.006; -0.338 | <0.001 sig |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants Experiencing at Least One Treatment-Emergent Adverse Event (TEAE), Serious Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (Serious TEAEs) and Treatment-Related TEAEs |
64.5; 73.7; 5.3; 1.3; 5.3; 13.2 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants With Positive Antidrug Antibodies (ADA) in Serum for TAK-062 |
27; 67; 19; 8; 8; 59 | — |
Summary
The main aim is to see how TAK-062 works to reduce celiac-related symptoms and improve small intestinal damage due to gluten exposure, in participants with celiac disease (CeD) attempting to maintain a gluten-free diet (GFD) in treated participants versus placebo controls.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Has an adequate comprehension of a gluten-free diet (GFD) assessed by the site investigator after review of responses to a knowledge test. The final determination of a participant's adequate comprehension of a GFD is at the discretion of the investigator.
- Has at least 1 CeD-related GI symptom of moderate or greater severity, as measured by the CDSD, on at least 3 days out of any consecutive 7-day period during the screening period (Week -8 visit until Week -4 visit), felt by the investigator to be related to gluten exposure. The CeD-related symptom(s) may vary day by day as long as the severity of at least 1 symptom is moderate or greater. The participants must meet symptom criteria to undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)/video capsule endoscopy (VCE).
- Has been attempting to maintain a GFD for at least 12 months as self-reported by the participant.
- Has small intestinal villous atrophy on duodenal biopsy defined as Vh:Cd 960 micrograms per day [μg/day] of beclomethasone dipropionate or equivalent), or other systemic immunosuppressive agents.
- Has ongoing use of over-the-counter digestive enzymes or digestive supplements, other than lactase, including those for gluten digestion. Probiotics are allowable if they were started before Screening and not discontinued or changed in dose or type during the study.
- Has completed the CDSD on ≤75% of the evaluable days during the run-in period until randomization.
- Has active microscopic colitis requiring treatment in the 6 months before Screening.
- Microscopic colitis detected at screening if sigmoidoscopy is performed would exclude the participant.
- Has known or suspected type 2 refractory CeD or ulcerative jejunitis.
- Has ongoing chronic use (defined as >7 days continuous use) of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug aside from <100 mg aspirin, daily, for prophylactic use.
- Has ongoing use, or use in the 3 months before screening, of medications known to cause villous abnormalities (e.g., mycophenolate mofetil, angiotensin receptor blockers, colchicine).
- Has used treatments for GI symptoms including antiemetics, antidiarrheals, antispasmodics, medical marijuana, (use of medical marijuana indicated for non-GI conditions is not exclusionary) within 2 weeks of Screening and during the run-in period. Participants on stable dose (i.e., more than 4 weeks) of an osmotic, bulking-forming or emollient (surface active agent) laxative are eligible, provided symptoms are considered not related to CeD in the opinion of the investigator.
- Has a known or suspected severe enteric infection (viral, bacterial, or parasitic) within 6 months before randomization. Severe enteric infection is defined as requiring emergency room visit or hospitalization or treatment with antibiotics or anti-infectives due to infection. Non enteric viral infections, either resolved or well-controlled are not exclusionary.
- Has a contraindication to endoscopy with duodenal biopsy.
--Contraindication to VCE (strictures, anastomoses, etc) is not an exclusion if the participant is able to complete the other aspects of the study.
- Has additional food allergies (tapioca syrup, oats, almonds, rice crisp, chocolate, almond, butter, wheat gluten, cocoa butter, oat flour, glycerin, sunflower lecithin, salt, and natural flavors) to nongluten ingredients in the SIGE bar study food or significant symptoms upon ingestion of the gluten-free SIGE bar during screening.
- Has a history of intolerance, hypersensitivity, or idiosyncratic reaction to an aminoglycoside.
- Has a known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or positive tests for hepatitis B or C. The participant has a known clinically significant chronically active hepatopathy of any origin, including cirrhosis, and participants with persistent positive hepatitis B virus surface antigen and quantitative hepatitis B virus polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or positive serology for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and quant
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05353985). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.